'Batman Beyond' ongoing series confirmed

DC Comics have announced at the DC Nation Panel at Baltimore Comic-Con that Batman Beyond will be receiving a new ongoing monthly series.

The title was originally an animated TV show chronicling the adventures of Terry McGinnis, a young student taking over the role of Batman in the future while being mentored by a retired Bruce Wayne.

The animated series was canceled in 2001, but is currently being revived in a six-issue miniseries written by Adam Beechen and illustrated by Ryan Benjamin as a way to tie Batman Beyond continuity in with the main DC Universe.

Newsarama reports that DC Comics Senior Story Editor Ian Sattler confirmed at Baltimore that a new ongoing series would be spinning out of the miniseries due to popular response to the character.

DC Comics later confirmed Sattler's statement, although no creative team for the new series has been announced yet.